Ultimate Guide to Strong Verbs: Enhance Your Writing with Powerful Action Words

In English grammar, a strong verb is a verb that forms its past tense and past participle forms through a process of vowel change, rather than by simply adding -ed or -en to the base form of the verb. This is in contrast to weak verbs, which form their past tense and past participle forms by adding -ed or -en to the base form of the verb.

For example, the verb "sing" is a strong verb because its past tense form is "sang" and its past participle form is "sung," which are formed through a process of vowel change. In contrast, the verb "walk" is a weak verb because its past tense form is "walked" and its past participle form is "walked," which are formed by simply adding -ed to the base form of the verb.

Strong verbs often have a more distinctive and memorable sound than weak verbs, which can make them more effective in literature and poetry. They are also considered more interesting and expressive.

No	Verb	Present Tense	Past Tense	Past Participle	Future Indefinite Form
1	Break	Break	Broke	Broken	Shall/Will break
2	Bring	Bring	Brought	Brought	Shall/Will bring
3	Build	Build	Built	Built	Shall/Will build
4	Choose	Choose	Chose	Chosen	Shall/Will choose
5	Come	Come	Came	Come	Shall/Will come
6	Cut	Cut	Cut	Cut	Shall/Will cut
7	Do	Do	Did	Done	Shall/Will do
8	Draw	Draw	Drew	Drawn	Shall/Will draw
9	Dream	Dream	Dreamt	Dreamt	Shall/Will dream
10	Drink	Drink	Drank	Drunk	Shall/Will drink
11	Drive	Drive	Drove	Driven	Shall/Will drive
12	Eat	Eat	Ate	Eaten	Shall/Will eat
13	Fall	Fall	Fell	Fallen	Shall/Will fall
14	Feel	Feel	Felt	Felt	Shall/Will feel
15	Fight	Fight	Fought	Fought	Shall/Will fight
16	Find	Find	Found	Found	Shall/Will find
17	Fly	Fly	Flew	Flown	Shall/Will fly
18	Forgive	Forgive	Forgave	Forgiven	Shall/Will forgive
19	Get	Get	Got	Gotten	Shall/Will get
20	Give	Give	Gave	Given	Shall/Will give
21	Go	Go	Went	Gone	Shall/Will go
22	Grow	Grow	Grew	Grown	Shall/Will grow
23	Hang	Hang	Hung	Hung	Shall/Will hang
24	Have	Have	Had	Had	Shall/Will have
25	Hear	Hear	Heard	Heard	Shall/Will hear
26	Hide	Hide	Hid	Hidden	Shall/Will hide
27	Hold	Hold	Held	Held	Shall/Will hold
28	Hurt	Hurt	Hurt	Hurt	Shall/Will hurt
29	Keep	Keep	Kept	Kept	Shall/Will keep
30	Know	Know	Knew	Known	Shall/Will know
31	Learn	Learn	Learned	Learned	Shall/Will learn
32	Leave	Leave	Left	Left	Shall/Will leave
33	Make	Make	Made	Made	Shall/Will make
34	Mean	Mean	Meant	Meant	Shall/Will mean
35	Meet	Meet	Met	Met	Shall/Will meet
36	Pay	Pay	Paid	Paid	Shall/Will pay
37	Put	Put	Put	Put	Shall/Will put
38	Read	Read	Read	Read	Shall/Will read
39	Ride	Ride	Rode	Ridden	Shall/Will ride
40	Ring	Ring	Rang	Rung	Shall/Will ring
41	Rise	Rise	Rose	Risen	Shall/Will rise
42	Run	Run	Ran	Run	Shall/Will run
43	Say	Say	Said	Said	Shall/Will say
44	See	See	Saw	Seen	Shall/Will see
45	Sell	Sell	Sold	Sold	Shall/Will sell
46	Send	Send	Sent	Sent	Shall/Will send
47	Set	Set	Set	Set	Shall/Will set
48	Shake	Shake	Shook	Shaken	Shall/Will shake
49	Shine	Shine	Shone	Shone	Shall/Will shine
50	Shoot	Shoot	Shot	Shot	Shall/Will shoot
51	Show	Show	Showed	Shown	Shall/Will show
52	Shut	Shut	Shut	Shut	Shall/Will shut
53	Sing	Sing	Sang	Sung	Shall/Will sing
54	Sink	Sink	Sank	Sunk	Shall/Will sink
55	Sit	Sit	Sat	Sat	Shall/Will sit
56	Sleep	Sleep	Slept	Slept	Shall/Will sleep
57	Speak	Speak	Spoke	Spoken	Shall/Will speak
58	Spend	Spend	Spent	Spent	Shall/Will spend
59	Stand	Stand	Stood	Stood	Shall/Will stand
60	Steal	Steal	Stole	Stolen	Shall/Will steal
61	Stick	Stick	Stuck	Stuck	Shall/Will stick
62	Sting	Sting	Stung	Stung	Shall/Will sting
63	Swim	Swim	Swam	Swum	Shall/Will swim
64	Swing	Swing	Swung	Swung	Shall/Will swing
65	Take	Take	Took	Taken	Shall/Will take
66	Teach	Teach	Taught	Taught	Shall/Will teach
67	Tear	Tear	Tore	Torn	Shall/Will tear
68	Tell	Tell	Told	Told	Shall/Will tell
69	Think	Think	Thought	Thought	Shall/Will think
70	Throw	Throw	Threw	Thrown	Shall/Will throw
71	Tie	Tie	Tied	Tied	Shall/Will tie
72	Translate	Translate	Translated	Translated	Shall/Will Translate
73	Try	Try	Tried	Tried	Shall/Will Try
74	Turn	Turn	Turned	Turned	Shall/Will Turn
75	Understand	Understand	Understood	Understood	Shall/Will understand
76	Use	Use	Used	Used	Shall/Will Use
77	Visit	Visit	Visited	Visited	Shall/Will Visit
78	Vote	Vote	Voted	Voted	Shall/Will Vote
79	Wait	Wait	Waited	Waited	Shall/Will Wait
80	Wake	Wake	Woke	Woken	Shall/Will wake
81	Want	Want	Wanted	Wanted	Shall/Will Want
82	Watch	Watch	Watched	Watched	Shall/Will Watch
83	Wear	Wear	Wore	Worn	Shall/Will wear
84	Win	Win	Won	Won	Shall/Will win
85	Work	Work	Worked	Worked	Shall/Will Work
86	Worry	Worry	Worried	Worried	Shall/Will Worry
87	Write	Write	Wrote	Written	Shall/Will write